The Hartung Game Master
Frequently Asked Questions
Version GM.01 - July 2001
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Welcome to the Hartung Game Master F.A.Q.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.0) The Hartung Game Master
1.5) Game Master clones
2.0) Game Master specs
3.0) Cartridge List
4.0) Game Master Emulator
5.0) More Inputs
6.0) Credits
7.0) Web Links about Game Master
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1.0) The Hartung Game Master
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The Hartung Game Master was sold in 1990? in Germany. Trying to
compete with the Game Boy (another one like the Supervision and the
Mega Duck), didn't had any succes, very less than the Supervision.
With a black & white monocrome LCD display, it ressembles graphically
to a Atari 2600 with it's blocky pixels. The casing looks alike as
the Sega Game Gear. The cartridges looks very much to the Supervision,
and even has 40-pins like the Supervision but ain't compatible with
each others.
The Hartung Game Master has a black anfd grey color casing with a
border and name in red(or brown). Like the Game Boy or any other
portable systems, it has an On/Off Switch, a contrast control, a
volume control, a AC adaptor input jack and a headphone jack,
directional-cross pad, "A" and "B" buttons plus a Start and Select
buttons. In the next version of this FAQ, it will be available both
in text format and HTML format with pictures. Stay tune...
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1.5) Game Master clones
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Yes, even this obscure hand held game system has clones. Almost
of all them can easely be found in France, and some in other
countries in Europe like Germany were the Hartung Game Master was
distrubuted. For now, Game Master's and clones are reported in
these following countries: Spain, Italy, France, Germany & Portugal.
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* Hartung/Impel/Watara Game Master - 1990? - Europe
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Black and grey casing. See section 1.0 for futher informations.
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* Delplay Game Plus - 199? - France
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White color casing which has a Game Boy style. Cartridges (white
casing) are compatible with the other clones but the cartridges
of the others cannot fit-in the cartridge slot of the Game Plus.
This clone is the most unique and the much rarer of them all.
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* Game Tronic - 199? - France
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Purple and black casing with yellow buttons. Border line and name
are yellow. Cartridges are compatible with all other clones except
with the Delplay Game Plus.
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* Videojet Game Master - 199? - France
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White/Light Cream color casing with light blue buttons. No border
around the screen. The name is written in black and the name
"Videojet" is written above the LCD screen. Cartridges are compatible
with all other clones except with the Delplay Game Plus.
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* Virella Electronics Game Master 2001 - 199? - Italy
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Same as the Hartung/Impel/Watara Game Master(?). Cartridges are
compatible with all other clones except with the Delplay Game Plus.
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* Super Game - 199? - France
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Exact duplicate of the Game Tronic with the exception of the name.
Cartridges are compatible with all other clones except with the
Delplay Game Plus.
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2.0) Game Master specs
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* CPU : ??? 8-bit VLSI
* Screen: 64 x 64 (?) pixels
* Color: monochrome black/white tones
* Power Switch
* External Power Supply Jack (DC6V)
* Contrast Adjustment
* Direction buttons (similar to the GameBoy)
* 4 "AA" Batteries
* Headphone jack (unit includes small stereo headphones)
* Speaker built-in
* A & B buttons
* Select button
* Start button
* Volume controller (Hi-Lo switch for the Delplay)
* Dimensions: 170 x 97 x 33mm
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3.0) Cartridge List
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Name: (not complete)
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* Bomb Disposer
* Bubble Boy
* Car Racing
* Continental Galaxy
* Dungeon Adventure
* Falling Block
* Go Bang!
* Hyper Space
* Invader
* Kung Fu
* Move It
* Pin Ball
* S-Race
* Soccer (Fuss-Ball)
* Space Castle
* Tank War
* Tennis
* Urban Challenge
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4.0) Game Master Emulator
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There is a Game Master Emulator out there, incredible isn't it ?
The author Hanz Freemurmur based himself on the Virella Electronics
Game Master 2001 for doing his emulator.
Requirements for playing the Emulator:
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* DOS 6.2 or above
* VGA compatible graphics
* 386+ CPU
* ROMS (if you can get any...don't ask me, i don't have any myself!)
Controls :
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* Up = Up Arrow
* Down = Down Arrow
* Left = Left Arrow
* Right = Right Arrow
* Fire A = Right Control
* Fire B = Space Bar
* Restart = F12
You can find the emulator on the web page of the author:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/5127/
And if anyone has a ROM for this emulator, LET ME KNOW!!! =)
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5.0) More Inputs
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* Adress of Hartung:
Hartung Spiele Berlin Handels GmbH
Bundesallee 126
D 12161 Berlin
(030)850060
8500622
12 D39
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6.0) Credits:
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* Manu Pärssinen <man@sci.fi> (for suggesting me to do this FAQ and
some info from his Handheld FAQ)
* Nicolas Gilles <nicogil@club-internet.fr>
(for doing the future French translation of this FAQ)
* René Speranza <speranza.r@mipih.fr>
(for sending me a list of cartridges for the Game Tronic)
* Olivier Boisseau <oboissea@club-internet.fr>
(for the info from the V.G.C.FAQ)
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7.0) Web Links about Game Master:
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* Pelikonepeijoonit - The Arctic Computer & Console Museum:
http://webmail.nic.fi/~mikkohoo/peijoonit/gamemaster.htm
* Lycée Roamin Rolland (Nicogil):
http://perso.club-internet.fr/nicogil/gamemaster.html
* MO5 -Philippe Dubois's Musée D'Histoire Informatique
http://www.mo5.com/MHI/Consoles/gmaster.htm
* World of Homecomputer, Televisiongames and Videogameconsoles
http://www.heimcomputer.de/english/konsolen/gamemaster.html
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Thanks and see you in the next version !!!
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